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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin Lopez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.martinlopezabogados@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:49:47 +0200
Subject: RE: REPLY URGENT

MARTIN LOPEZ ESQ.
MARTIN LOPEZ ABOGADOS
Camarena 108 28047 Madrid, Spain.
Email:info.martinlopezabogados@gmail.com


Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly

confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and

worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since

there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Barrister Martin Lopez Esq. a personal Attorney to my

late Client who share the same last names with you.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being

confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this fund valued € 12,500, 000.00 (Twelve Million, Five

Hundred Thousand Euros Only) deposited by my client before his death.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the

fund diverted to the Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to my client has proved

abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next

of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account

can be paid to your account.

All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's Next of Kin I shall provide them. All I require is

your honest cooperation and confidentiality to enable us achieves this transaction.

I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money to be shared among the charity Organizations, while the remaining

90% is shared equally between us. This transaction is entirely risk free because am legally equipped with all the

necessary information/documentations concerning this fund. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to

guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me, I shall then

provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach

of the law. However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.

If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me on my private email:

info.martinlopezabogados@gmail.com with your contact details and indication of interest so I can advice you further

on this regards.

Regards,
Martin Lopez Esq.
Attorney at-law

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